Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of associations between presenting seizure type, age at presenting seizure, aetiology, DRE, and GDD

Dependent variable	Covariates	Wald statistic	P-value	OR (95% CI)
GDD	Age at presentation, days	0.18	0.668	No significant association
	Identification of aetiology	22.6	0.000*	3.4 (2.1–5.7)
	Focal seizures or spasms	4.5	0.033	No significant association
	DRE	50.0	0.000*	7.2 (4.2–12.5)
DRE	Age at presentation, days	3.3	0.069	No significant association
	Identification of aetiology	22.5	0.000*	4.0 (2.2–7.0)
	Focal seizures or spasms	0.03	0.860	No significant association
	GDD	50.4	0.000*	7.3 (4.2–12.7)
Focal seizures or spasms	Age at presentation, days	9.0	0.003*	1.001 (1.000–1.002)
	Identification of aetiology	10.3	0.001*	2.3 (1.4–3.7)
	DRE	0.006	0.936	No significant association
	GDD	4.5	0.034	No significant association
Identification of aetiology	Age at presentation, days	7.4	0.006*	1.001 (1.000–1.002)
	Focal seizures or spasms	10.3	0.001*	2.2 (1.4–3.7)
	DRE	22.1	0.000*	4.0 (2.4–7.1)
	GDD	22.8	0.000*	3.4 (2.2–5.7)

^*Positive association, significant using a P-value of <0.0125 (corrected for multiple testing × 4)